Wang Shun of China finished third.
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An Olympics commentator working for Canadian broadcaster CBC suffered embarrassment on Thursday night when he confused Michael Phelps for rival Ryan Lochte.
“It’s going to take a flawless performance in order to beat him”, Lochte said.
“I don’t know what to say”.
Phelps walked briskly to the starting block after being announced for the race. Barring an unforeseen debacle, the two are assured of a place on the podium, though they need first to fend off a potential fight from Brazil’s Thiago Pereira and Japan Kosuke Hagino. “Thi-a-go! Thi-a-go!” raising the electricity in an already energized building.
It was yet another extraordinary swim for Phelps, 31, who has now won two individual and two relay golds at his fifth Olympics, two years after coming out of retirement.
Casting his mind back to the 200m butterfly final, where he finished fourth, Le Clos said he was baffled by what happened. He set an Olympic record, though that was hardly a surprise considering golf had not been part of the Olympics in 112 years.
Presently, Micheal Phelps is the highest record holder with 22 gold medals and 26 medals in total. Neither wound up medaling.
Manuel became the first American woman to win the 100m free since the 1984 Los Angeles Games, which was also a tie – between compatriots Nancy Hogshead and Carrie Steinseifer.
Phelps said he was texting with a friend who updated him on the Baltimore score before he went out for his race. “But at the same time, I would like there to be a day where there are more of us”. And it’s not Simone the black swimmer.
“It’s been a hell of a career”, said Phelps, who could still equal his Athens tally of six gold medals, two shy of his epic Beijing haul. This is just one phase of my life that I worked so hard for and made so many sacrifices for. Harrison was in commanding form throughout Thursday, winning her preliminary matches automatically after pinning her opponents down to the mat for 20 seconds; her first match lasted just 43 seconds.
Japan’s Rie Kaneto took gold in the women’s 200-meter breaststroke final after edging out Russia’s Yulia Efimova.
Minutes earlier, Ryan Murphy, also on Team USA, won his second gold medal of Rio 2016 in men’s 200m backstroke final. His final turn on the Olympic stage has been stunning, and singular in sports. “And I just want to be inspiration to others that you can do it”.
Sure, Michael Jordan won three straight National Basketball Association titles before retiring for the first time, in 1993. Bronte was second at the flip and slid to fourth at the finish.
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Phelps retired after London 2012, but returned to the sport in 2014.
